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“It's dependable of the opponent, quality of the opponent and dependable of the quality of his fellow players”

Louis van Gaal

The 30-year-old has played in a few different positions this term and Van Gaal says he bases his judgments on the opponents and make-up of his whole team.

In today's press conference, Van Gaal said: "It's dependable of the opponent, quality of the opponent and dependable of the quality of his fellow players and if they can bring something else so we can hurt the opponent."

It remains to be seen whether Anthony Martial will start as a lone striker or Rooney retains his favoured position against West Brom on Saturday.

Van Gaal continued to discuss the recent boos he received when substituted Anthony Martial for Marouane Fellaini.

He admitted supporters are entitled to their opinion, but believes negativity is seeping through to the players.

"The supporters have to support the players otherwise they make it very difficult for the players to play at Old Trafford

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"I can only advise the fans to criticise the manager and not the players. It's very difficult to play for Manchester United with a lot of pressure and you can taste that in Old Trafford because of all the yelling, then it's not good for my players.

"Then it's better to whistle the manager, I can cope with it because I have had a lot of experience in my life as a manager."